Dressing your API a tuxedo

Congratulations! you have built the next generation REST API using Node JS, Django or Ruby on Rails to predict the next meteor shower and maybe make some french toast while doing that. Then what?

Let me ask the following questions on your behalf

How will I manage developer’s access to my API?

Will I ever make profit out of it?

Is my API well documented for developers?

If you have the answers to the above, give yourself a pat on the shoulder, but if you are stuck where I was previously then I believe reading through this will be worthwhile. Let’s talk about the solution.

API Management

An API management platform will save a lot of your time trying to perfect the developer’s access to your API yet provide a layer of security.

Enterprises usually build their own nowadays but that does not mean you cannot use one of the existing API management providers.